London murder rate overtakes New York for first time ever after spate of fatal stabbings and shootin

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London's murder rate has overtaken New York City's for the first time ever, according to a new report.

February marked the first month the UK capital saw more murders than New York, with 15 dead (nine aged 30 or younger).

According to the report in the Sunday Times, London also suffered 22 fatal stabbings and shootings in March, higher than the 21 in the Big Apple.

Both cities have similarly sized populations of around 8.5m people. New York City's murder rate has decreased by around 87 per cent since the 1990s.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/london-murder-rate-overtakes-new-york-for-first-time-ever-after-spate-of-fatal-stabbings-and-a3803566.html

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1. Friend of mine went to London recently, said it was not the same as it was anymore

It's not the stabbings you should worry about, it's the huge amount of pickpockets and scammers trying to pull something off on hapless tourists. Americans are a favorite target because of how naive we're perceived to be there.

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2. Are there any foreign cities where Americans aren't perceived to be naive?

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3. The enitre World

loves to laught at how stupid the Typical American is. I can just picture the tourist with the flowery shirt and dark socks with shorts.

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4. And thats why they're murdering them? American tourists make up a large % of the murdered?

Whats your point?? Murder is funny?